Ali Baba en de veertig roovers

A poor woodcutter named Ali Baba stumbles upon a secret cave in the mountains, hidden by a magical phrase. Inside, mountains of gold and jewels glitter in the torchlight, left by forty notorious thieves. He takes what he needs and escapes, but when his wealthier brother Kasim returns greedy for more, he discovers the hard way that some treasures come with deadly guardians. Now the forty thieves know their secret is out, and they will stop at nothing to destroy anyone who knows the words 'Open, Sesame!'. What follows is a pulse-quickening game of wit and survival. Ali Baba's household is infiltration, betrayal, and assassination attempts. His only hope lies with Morgiana, a quick-thinking slave girl who must outsmart killers hiding in oil jars, under beds, and behind friendly faces. The tension never lets up until the final drop of oil. This is the Arabian Nights at its most electric: a tale of ordinary people facing impossible danger with courage and cunning. It has thrilled readers for centuries because it understands something essential about human nature. Greed destroys. Cleverness saves. And the magic words still work every single time.